Skirt-marker.



G. A. RITTMAN.

SKIRT MARKER. APPLICATION rILnn APR.16.1908.

Patented Nov.,1, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN A. RITTMAN, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

SKIRT-MARKER.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN A. Rrr'r- MAN, citizen of the UnitedStates, resident of Sandusky, county of Erie, and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Imrovement in Skirt-Markers, of which theollowing is a specification, the principle of the invention being hereinexplained and the best mode in which I have contemplated ap lying thatprinciple, so as to distinguish it rom other inventions.

The present invention relates to a device for the use of garment makersand fitters, and particularly for dressmakers in marking the height ofskirts.

The object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter thatwill be extremely simple in its construction andoperation, rendering it not only inexpensive but susceptible of use bythe party being fitted, if desired.

To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, said invention,then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstitutin however, but one of various mechanical orms in which theprinciple of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing: Figure l is a perspective view of the device;Fig. 2 represents two modes of using such device; Fig. 3 is a sectionaldetail view of the base of the device; and Fig. 4 is a similar sectionaldetail view of the holder for the marking material employed inconjunction with the device.

The principal feature of the device is an elongated member, specificallya rod, A, that with a view to convenience in shipping, par ticularly bymail, as also with a view to convenience in use, as will hereinafterappear, is made of jointed construction. The two parts a a may bedetachably secured together by means of a ferrule 66-, as shown, or anyother suitable joint. Slidably movable along such rod (or, wheresectional, upon the lower section a thereof) is the marking member Bproper, consistin of a circular disk centrally perforated and providedwith a sleeve or ferrule 7) at right angles to its face, that is adaptedto inclose the rod A forming the sup orting member of the device. Theends of this sleeve are Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1908.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910. Serial No. 427,228.

compressed, Fig. 4, so as to frictionally engage the rod, therebypermitting the disk to be secured at any point alon the rod while stillleaving it adjustable as desired. In the top face of the disk,preferably formed, where the disk consists of a piece of sheet metal bysimply stampin the same, is a radially disposed recess b intersectingthe periphery of the disk and adapted to receive the piece of chalk B orlike material whereby-the actual marking is efi'ected. A spring clip blikewise radially disposed, is adapted to retain the piece of chalk inplace.

\Vhile, as will appear, the device as thus far described is fullysusceptible of use, I also provide in connection with the support A astand A in the form of a convex base provided with a central opening (iFig. 3, into which the lower end of the supporting rod may be stepped.Such lower end is provided with an encircling groove a that is adaptedto be engaged by a spring catch a on the base, when the rod-end is thusin place. The base is thus secured against accidental detachment, andmay be carried about with the rest of the device.

In use, where the device is being employed by a party other than the onebeing fitted, or in connection with a garment mounted on a stand, simplythe lower section of the support will ordinarily be employed, and thebase A last described can be omitted. This is the form in which thedevice appears to the right in Fig. 2. In this form the upper end of therod section a is grasped between the fingers of the hand and twirled soas to cause the piece of chalk B to mark upon the surface of the skirtor like garment at a succession of points about the same. Where theperson being fitted is using the device, the longer support formed byjoining the two sections of the rod together, as well as the base aredesirably employed, the latter for the reason that it would otherwise bemore diflicult to hold the device in the vertical position which isnecessary if the mark is to be at the determined elevation; otherwisethe mode of using the device is as has just been described.

From the foregoing it will be seen that in operation my improved skirtmarker is both simple and convenient, while its inexpensive characterwill adapt it to general use, and not confine it to large tailoringestablishments.

I should call particular attention to the advantage residing in havingthe chalk borne on a disk, for I am thereby enabled to mark upon theyielding material. of the skirt without displacing the same, which wouldbe the tendency were such chalk borne at the end of a simple arm. Thisis one of the chiliculties connected with the prevailing type of marker,wherein the chalk is supported at the outer end of an arm pivoted aboutthe center of a stand upon which the garment to be marked is mounted.Each mark in the case of my device is separately made, thus insuring agreater degree of accuracy in the measurement.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employedinstead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanismherein disclosed, provided the means stated by any one of the followingclaims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as myinventi0n:-

1. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a base, a vertically disposed rod rotatably supportedat its lower end substantially centrallyin said base and adapted to betwirled between the fingers by its upper end, a disk transverselymounted on said rod and adjustable therealong, a piece of markingmaterial, and resilient means upon said disk adapted to secure suchmarking material to said disk so as to project beyond the peripherythereof.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a base, avertically disposed rod rotatably supported at its lower end in saidbase and adapted tobe twirled between h fingers by its upper end, meansfor detachably thus securing such lower rod end in said base, and amarker projecting laterally from said rod.

Signed by me this 11th day of April, 1908.

CHRISTIAN A. RITTMAN.

Attested by A. C. CLOSE,

ANNA PAYNE.

